Contact details

Person with legal responsibility

Firstname, Surname:

Ms
Rachel Bayani

Position:

Representative

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Ms
Rachel Bayani

Position:

Representative

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

The Bahá’í International Community (BIC) is an international non-governmental organization with affiliates in over 180 countries and territories that seeks to contribute to the betterment of society by engaging and collaborating with other like minded actors and organizations. Its contributions are guided by the teachings of the Bahá'i Faith. It also draws insight from the worldwide Bahá'i community’s experience to address the challenges and opportunities that present themselves to humanity today by translating these teachings into action.The Bahá'i International Community has been present at the United Nations for over 60 years and has offices in New York and Geneva. It recently opened a Brussels office which operates at the European level and seeks to engage with institutions and agencies of the European Union, the Council of Europe, civil society and other relevant organizations.

The organisation's fields of interests are:

global

Specific activities covered by the Register

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by the organisation:

-Article 17 Dialogue with churches and religious communities-Freedom of religion or belief-Migration and asylum policy-EU policy on peace-Youth

Relevant policy implementation, public relations and communication activities such as projects, events and publications: